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SUBMITTER: Dietze EC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5470637 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dietze Eric C EC Sistrunk Christopher C Miranda-Carboni Gustavo G O'Regan Ruth R Seewaldt Victoria L VL
Nature reviews. Cancer 20150212 4
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive breast cancer subtype that disproportionately affects BRCA1 mutation carriers and young women of African origin. There is evidence that African-American women with TNBC have worse clinical outcomes than women of European descent. However, it is unclear whether survival differences persist after adjusting for disparities in access to health-care treatment, co-morbid disease and income. It remains controversial whether TNBC in African-American ...[more]